The three above auctions were for the Tamiya Bruiser 2012 pre-order for $558.00 and free shipping.

I contacted the seller today to ask what the plan was. Mostly I was curious. I did not buy anything, but was curious what the next step would be for the seller.

This is the response (bold emphasis is mine):

"I have no information about that item or barely know what it is other than a 4X4 truck. I never created the listing and never made any money from it either. The person who had gained access to my eBay account changed my personal information as well as my original PayPal account information so no funds for that item was ever seen or received by me. This is why I am advising people contact eBay and or PayPal right away in filing a claim for the transaction. Currently I'm battling selling fees on my account that is over 600 dollars."

No surprise to find out that it was a scam then...

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I mailed them before new year and preordred a Avante BS and XS311 when listed. I got answer just minutes later and they confirmed to get stock about 2 days from then. I would be hearing from them when stock arrived. But since i never heard anything.

Surely it has been an miss somwhere, and today im not so angry as i already has the Avante 2011 and belive an Egress is coming too... :-)

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As far as the thread goes, the Bruiser re re is epic. A few tweaks to it makes it different than the original.

Price, not my concern, I'll sacrifice here and there to make up for or thin out my collection.

Performance comarison to today's trucks ? Irrelevant, the Bruiser is from an earlier era, no comparison, it is it's own legend.

It'll be nice to discuss the truck itself once it hits the shelves and starts to get built and run .

100%agree

Also funny how people start to panic now as some mail enquiries got answered already and some not

Why so in a hurry?it's not a limited kit,there's enough kits for everybody,i'm sure.Me not being in a hurry i have no intentions in paying 100bucks shipping/toll fees just to get my kit 2weeks earlier from oversees when i can wait until my local HS has it in stock

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I've been AWOL for a while now just this is BIG news for me. saw it the other day it's just sunk in.

I think I like the surprise as well perfect timing for me I thought the Toyota 4x4 and Blazer would come back first but this is the model I stared at in the shop so double happy I can wait for the others.

The Bruiser was THE Tamiya of the 80's for me so over the moon, haven't got around to getting my favs yet, so big orders a coming this year.

I'm still thinking two is the way to go and would hate to miss out this time around.

Of all the re-res so far it is my top choice I would have got one 5 years ago or 5 years from now still as excited as ever.

I have to agree that it's a scale off roader and thats how I'll drive it a jack of all trades with the three speed, I don't expect it to master any except FUN!!!

I didn't get the hilux high-lift as I was waiting for this,as I've said before, my faith in Tamiya has served me well.

So thank you Tamiya for once again giving me this link to my past. The vid put a grin no my face instantly top job with the music.

Will use Stella again but as I waited so long I may miss the first batch hope not though, didn't think to reserve.

I'm aware of the competition but they can't match the icon for me so there is no real challengers in this case, just as with all the other re-res I have.

Building it will be worth the cost to me, I'll be in profit the first time I run it

Hope to be in a bit more this year, got a lot of comments to catch up on on the main site!

The three above auctions were for the Tamiya Bruiser 2012 pre-order for $558.00 and free shipping.

I contacted the seller today to ask what the plan was. Mostly I was curious. I did not buy anything, but was curious what the next step would be for the seller.

This is the response (bold emphasis is mine):

"I have no information about that item or barely know what it is other than a 4X4 truck. I never created the listing and never made any money from it either. The person who had gained access to my eBay account changed my personal information as well as my original PayPal account information so no funds for that item was ever seen or received by me. This is why I am advising people contact eBay and or PayPal right away in filing a claim for the transaction. Currently I'm battling selling fees on my account that is over 600 dollars."

I wonder how he still can answer the e-mail when his account was hijacked. When a hijacker gained access to his account and changed his paypal address, why is he not changing the e-mail address as well so no one smells the trick?

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Tower Hobbies is now accepting back-orders. I placed mine. Total is $789.99 for the kit + $11 worth of filler to get just above $800 - $120 coupon = $680 and free shipping. I don't think even Stella can beat that.

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One thing I have not seen mentioned here in this thread is the "BRUISER" name.

If some of you guys remember, the original 1985 Toyota Bruiser kit come up in a box that had the "BRUISER" word in red, then because of a reason I have never known it was deleted, and all the boxes of the kits produced in the late 80's did not have that word. Wonder if the box of the new version will actually say BRUISER??

Can't wait to see the box. And yeah, it would really be a huge turn-off if the new truck comes in a smaller box, such as the ones used in the new cc-01 vehicles.

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the original 1985 Toyota Bruiser kit come up in a box that had the "BRUISER" word in red, then because of a reason I have never known it was deleted, and all the boxes of the kits produced in the late 80's did not have that word

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I can not understand all of this bickering about Bruiser. For those of you that think it is untimely or cost too much or think the Trail finder 2 is better don't buy a bruiser. But, this is a club so why can't you be happy for those of us that do want one. I would'nt miss this opportunity to get one for the world.

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Tower Hobbies is now accepting back-orders. I placed mine. Total is $789.99 for the kit + $11 worth of filler to get just above $800 - $120 coupon = $680 and free shipping. I don't think even Stella can beat that.

Im a tower club member and only get coupons up to $50 off purchases over $300. Never seen $120.. does Tower have privileged members that get higher coupons?

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Ok, this thread isn't really the place to talk about this, but just to get it out of the way, here is what I think I know about the Tower promotions. I could be wrong. It is based on my personal experience, which is limited to just one person: me.

As I understand how it works, if you spend over a certain amount of money with Tower over a certain period of time, both of which I do not know the values of, and you are already a member of the Super Saver Club ($9.99/year), then you may receive an email for a "Gold Preferred" or "Gold Preferred Plus Sale". I have no idea if the old "Gold Preferred Sale" is a lower tier of the "Gold Preferred Plus Sale" or if Tower simply renamed the promotion. I used to get Gold Preferred emails once in a while, but most recently they have been called Gold Preferred Plus. Am I in a third tier of coupons? I have no clue.

Anyway, the email contains coupons for orders that start at $400 and go up to $2500. The coupon codes are not listed below because they cannot be used unless you received the email. In other words, they are linked to your account and your account must be eligible. Also note that non-US customers may receive different coupons and promotions that may be better or worse than this listing.